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Kremer, Kerstin; Specht, Christiane; Urhahne, Detlef; Mayer, Jürgen – Journal of Biological Education, 2014
Informed understandings of nature of science and scientific inquiry are generally accepted goals of biology education. This article points out central features of scientific inquiry with relation to biology and the nature of science in general terms and focuses on the relationship of students' inquiry skills in biology and their beliefs on the…
Descriptors: Biology, Scientific Principles, Inquiry, Beliefs
Donovan, Brian M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
For over a century, genetic arguments for the existence of racial inequality have been used to oppose policies that promote social equality. And, over that same time period, American biology textbooks have repeatedly discussed genetic differences between races. This experiment tests whether racial terminology in the biology curriculum causes…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Labeling (of Persons), Science Curriculum, Biology
Ohlberger, Stephanie; Wegner, Claas – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2017
In recent years, the issue of using bilingual education has come to the public's attention. A widespread belief is that students in bilingual classes achieve a higher competence in the language, but that they lag behind in subject-specific knowledge when compared to fellow students in traditional (i.e. monolingual) classroom settings.…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Bilingual Students, Biology, Science Instruction
McElvany, Nele; Schroeder, Sascha; Baumert, Jurgen; Schnotz, Wolfgang; Horz, Holger; Ullrich, Mark – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
Learning materials incorporating written texts as well as instructional pictures are the basis for learning in many subjects. However, text-picture integration makes high cognitive demands of learners, and it seems plausible that the development of this competence is influenced by teachers' instructional skills. The present studies investigated…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Geography, Motivation, Questionnaires
Schroeder, Sascha; Richter, Tobias; McElvany, Nele; Hachfeld, Axinja; Baumert, Jurgen; Schnotz, Wolfgang; Horz, Holger; Ullrich, Mark – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This study investigated the relations between teachers' pedagogical beliefs and students' self-reported engagement in learning from texts with instructional pictures. Participants were the biology, geography, and German teachers of 46 classes (Grades 5-8) and their students. Teachers' instructional behaviors and students' engagement in learning…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Visual Aids, Biology, Science Instruction